Hooters is preparing to file for Bankruptcy

Hooters is preparing to file for Bankruptcy. I was last in a Hooters like 5 years ago, before the pandemic. Some squatty 170 lbs gal waited on me in her tight shorts. She actually sat down at my table and began talking to me, um, I don't want you sitting here and talking to me. Finally my food came, I got 5 wings and crab claws. The wings were what they were. The crab claws literally had no meat in them. I am surprised they are still around to be honest. Not sure if the Hooters Casino is still in Las Vegas, played poker there a couple times. This place reminds me of Fridays another place on the way out. Applebees is probably next. Denny's, IHOP, all these places have outlived their usefulness.

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https://x.com/JonFMJ/status/1892953280990310764

Good.

Last night in Vegas, I actually drove past the previous Hooters hotel and noticed the restaurant and it’s big lit sign we’re still there.

I think the whole Hooters/boobs concept has long ran it’s course. I did think their wings were good years ago, but I rather go to Wing Stop.

Thanks for the update.

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and in 3-2-1... Orko is gonna be here and tell us about private equity killing these businesses... he could be right though... i am not sure how all that stuff works...

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and in 3-2-1... Orko is gonna be here and tell us about private equity killing these businesses... he could be right though... i am not sure how all that stuff works...

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What changed is not private equity. People just don't want to go out for a mountain of wings any longer and watch a football game in a loud bar when they can sit at home. Yeah, I am getting older but I just could not imagine eating 10 wings and a bowl of fries at 7pm in a Hooters. Add in the factor half the Hooters waitresses are now morbidly obese due to DEI hiring practices, I am just going to grill a steak and stay at home. It would not surprise me at all if there are Hooters waitresses that are trannys with big packages.

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and in 3-2-1... Orko is gonna be here and tell us about private equity killing these businesses... he could be right though... i am not sure how all that stuff works...

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What changed is not private equity. People just don't want to go out for a mountain of wings any longer and watch a football game in a loud bar when they can sit at home. Yeah, I am getting older but I just could not imagine eating 10 wings and a bowl of fries at 7pm in a Hooters. Add in the factor half the Hooters waitresses are now morbidly obese due to DEI hiring practices, I am just going to grill a steak and stay at home. It would not surprise me at all if there are Hooters waitresses that are trannys with big packages.

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If that group came to your table there is no appetite therefore no sales.

Tgull nailed it.

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Hooters, which was acquired by Nord Bay Capital and TriArtisan Capital Advisors in 2019 from a consortium of other private equity firms, recently closed several locations it said were “underperforming” in statements to news outlets at the time.

5 years later these PE firms jump ship with all the loot leaving Hooters $300 million in debt.
Totally standard.

This is happening to everything, it's not inflation it's private equity

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Sad house the media will make up an excuse on why I happened verse the truth of DEI hurt Hooters.

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Hooters is failing both because it's becoming obsolete (due to modern porn/Onlyfans culture) and they've lowered their looks standards regarding hiring.

For many years, girls working there had to be young, at least semi-fit, and most importantly, have big tits.

However, those standards relaxed over time, and there were a lot of hirings of average looking women with average sized breasts. There were a few trans women hired, but that wasn't common. That's cited by many on the right regarding the bankruptcy, but it actually had little impact.

It just became more of a situation of "why bother?" for most people. If you're going to get served by an average looking woman with average tits, and eat mediocre diner food, why go at all? They basically ruined their one gimmick.

It's not even just men. There are some women out there who, despite otherwise being straight, also enjoy looking at big tits, so they would go with their boyfriends/husbands to Hooters as well. Once again, the decline in hiring standards drove these couples away.

We're living in a strange time. On one hand, women are increasingly encouraged to commodify their bodies and sexuality, and sell themselves on sites like Onlyfans. At the same time, we are supposed to pretend that looks don't matter, when it comes to hiring for positions which have been traditionally staffed by pretty girls.

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Hooters is failing both because it's becoming obsolete (due to modern porn/Onlyfans culture) and they've lowered their looks standards regarding hiring.

For many years, girls working there had to be young, at least semi-fit, and most importantly, have big tits.

However, those standards relaxed over time, and there were a lot of hirings of average looking women with average sized breasts. There were a few trans women hired, but that wasn't common. That's cited by many on the right regarding the bankruptcy, but it actually had little impact.

It just became more of a situation of "why bother?" for most people. If you're going to get served by an average looking woman with average tits, and eat mediocre diner food, why go at all? They basically ruined their one gimmick.

It's not even just men. There are some women out there who, despite otherwise being straight, also enjoy looking at big tits, so they would go with their boyfriends/husbands to Hooters as well. Once again, the decline in hiring standards drove these couples away.

We're living in a strange time. On one hand, women are increasingly encouraged to commodify their bodies and sexuality, and sell themselves on sites like Onlyfans. At the same time, we are supposed to pretend that looks don't matter, when it comes to hiring for positions which have been traditionally staffed by pretty girls.

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I really think the main issue is wings have become just such a commoditization. Back in the 90s and early 2000s when I was a frequent customer, when you wanted wings, you just went to Hooters. Now everyone serves wings, the competition is just too saturated. They used to be a novelty, now you can get them virtually everywhere, I was at a Chilis the other day and they had a special 10 wings for $7.99, I mean how is Hooters going to beat that? I was with a buddy and we got them as an appetizer and we left three, just had enough, so 7 wings for two grown men and mine were half eaten. Which is a problem, you get them as appetizers now, like two or three and then move on to a normal entree. They days of going out for say 10 or 15 wings are just over. I remember in college three of us would go to a Hooters and get 50 wings and there was not one left when we got the check. Now college kids search for sushi specials. I mean now you got places all over the place serving sashimi and edamame and you are going to pound back 10 wings and curly fries at a Hooters instead? It's just not happening any longer. Dennys is the next one to go under, nobody is going to go out any longer and get a stack of pancakes and 5 pieces of bacon.

Both Druff and Tgull made some good points above.

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Not a big modern SNL fan, but this 4-minute skit did a good job summing up why it has failed.

Basically it shows all the male customers getting excited over the new hot waitress with big tits (Syndey Sweeney), while they virtually ignored the two flat chested waitresses and the waiter.

The main point of the skit was to showcase how hot Sydney Sweeney is, but they inadvertently showed that Hooters isn't what it used to be, and dudes just aren't into it anymore.

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todds 11 foot tall deep voiced son passing out business cards literally closed the old town pasadena hooters on its own

Clearwater Florida is the birthplace of Hooters and the original location on Gulf to Bay is still open but many others have closed in this area.

We have an imitation down here called Ker’s Wing House. It was started by a little known Dallas Cowboys player named Crawford Ker in the 90’s as a complete rip-off of the Hooters brand and spread through Florida. But recently their locations are closing as fast as Hooters for the same reasons. The comments above are mostly correct in that Hooters, and Ker’s by extension, created their own issues trying to be inclusive.



However I’m not ready to say the wing and sports bar industry is dead. It still comes down to service, pricing and marketing. By all reports Buffalo Wild Wings is very profitable overall and is still opening locations. And many local spots are busy if they again find the right mix of food, service and entertainment.

Bottom line is restaurant operators that adapt to market changes with good management survive & even thrive and those who don’t, like Hooters, Fridays and Red Lobster will fail.

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Clearwater Florida is the birthplace of Hooters and the original location on Gulf to Bay is still open but many others have closed in this area.

We have an imitation down here called Ker’s Wing House. It was started by a little known Dallas Cowboys player named Crawford Ker in the 90’s as a complete rip-off of the Hooters brand and spread through Florida. But recently their locations are closing as fast as Hooters for the same reasons. The comments above are mostly correct in that Hooters, and Ker’s by extension, created their own issues trying to be inclusive.



However I’m not ready to say the wing and sports bar industry is dead. It still comes down to service, pricing and marketing. By all reports Buffalo Wild Wings is very profitable overall and is still opening locations. And many local spots are busy if they again find the right mix of food, service and entertainment.

Bottom line is restaurant operators that adapt to market changes with good management survive & even thrive and those who don’t, like Hooters, Fridays and Red Lobster will fail.

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The only gal that is attractive there is the one on the far right. The blonde next to her looks like one of those 1980s Price is Right gal, take off the make up and you are like WTF. The red head looks like she is 40. And the one on the far left looks like she is a size 14.

Women aside, these stand alone places that specialize in bar food are just about done. Wild Wings appears to be the exception, not sure why the one I used to go is was filthy all the time. Same with the stand along breakfast chains, they just saturated the market and cannibalized each other, with the lone exception of Waffle House which has a cult like following in the deep south. These are the chains I do not think will be here in 5 years:

Hooters
Denny's
Bob Evans
Fridays
Red Lobster

These are the chains that will survive but be a LOT smaller:

Applebees
Chilis
Outback
KFC (US only)

The two chains I think will thrive are:

Texas Roadhouse, they seem to have taken out all the competition in that space
Olive Garden, they have nailed their pricing strategy and captured the teen girl market

The two original locations say they aren’t going anywhere…

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My goodness... that would be like going ten rounds with Mike Tyson.

Now they have filed.

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Now the sale is announced-

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Now the sale is announced-

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Things aren’t complicated. Heard them interviewing the original founder today. He and the original owners are buying the company back but it was conditioned on the current owners filing bankruptcy so the new/og owners wouldn’t be saddled with the debt hanging over the company also no more woke bullshit in Hooters apparently back to the requirements hooters girls actually have hooters and don’t weigh 200lbs +.

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Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/hooters-clo...box=1749120044

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Hooters needs Sydney Sweeny as their new spokesperson....

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I have not been to the Strip since before the pandemic, I was unaware the Hooters Casino and Hotel had changed their name to Oyo. I ate there a few times over the years and actually stayed at the hotel for a bachelor party many years ago. They had the smallest poker room I had ever played in, it was like three tables. The Hooters however was always packed, great expansive bar. Hard to believe it went under but based on what I read, revenues were down 50% since the pandemic. I think the larger issue is everyone serves chicken wings now and the whole scantily clad women thing is played out. The last Hooters I was in was like 7 years ago, only because it was within walking distance of my hotel. Some waddling 190 lbs fat waitress waited on me in that skimpy outfit, yeah no thanks.

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Scott Roeben, on August 08 2025

A once-popular breastaurant, Hooters, has closed suddenly at the off-Strip Oyo Las Vegas.

This follows a bankruptcy by Hooters of America earlier this year. The company has closed dozens of its locations across the country.

It’s unknown if the shuttering of Hooters at Oyo was sparked by sagging business levels. Because if you thought we were going to do a story about Hooters without a “sagging” reference, you do not know this blog at all.

Prior to the pandemic, Hooters (a license deal, not a lease deal) was a booming business at Oyo, doing 1,200 “covers” (customers) a day and raking in a rumored $10-12 million a year in revenue. That’s rarified air in the restaurant business. Post-COVID, not so much. Revenue dropped by roughly half, we hear.

We raised the red flag back in 2024 when Hooters lost its video poker machines, which we’re pretty sure was our fault.

The outlet shared a tip from an employee saying, “Last night, right at the end of our shift, Hooters told us not to come in tomorrow because they’re closing the store down. It felt so shady and completely disingenuous.”

Businesses close, it’s just reality. You can treat employees with class or you can be shitty about it. Good job sucking, Hooters. Can’t imagine why your company went bankrupt.

This situation has drama written all over it. Oyo officially has no comment.

The biggest red flag signaling the demise of Hooters was when they started using paper straws.

Oyo is facing an interesting challenge with the closure of Hooters, as it takes up a substantial part of the casino’s footprint. The remaining dining options are thin at Oyo.

There’s the perpetually mediocre Steak ‘n Shake, the Splash Cantina and Southside Cafe (grab-and-go snacks). That’s it, other than the Underground, where some snack items are available at the casino’s sports bar.

Oyo’s foot traffic has been slammed by the closure of a pedestrian bridge crossing Las Vegas Boulevard from Excalibur. The bridge dumped visitors outside Tropicana, a handful of whom made their way next door to Oyo.

The Trop site, of course, is closed for construction theater as the A’s continue their long con (the ballpark is $1 billion-plus short of funding).

The Oyo, as they say, is scrod.

Hooters always seemed a tad quaint in Las Vegas. What’s racy in middle America is sort of lame in Las Vegas.

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I have not been to the Strip since before the pandemic, I was unaware the Hooters Casino and Hotel had changed their name to Oyo. I ate there a few times over the years and actually stayed at the hotel for a bachelor party many years ago. They had the smallest poker room I had ever played in, it was like three tables. The Hooters however was always packed, great expansive bar. Hard to believe it went under but based on what I read, revenues were down 50% since the pandemic. I think the larger issue is everyone serves chicken wings now and the whole scantily clad women thing is played out. The last Hooters I was in was like 7 years ago, only because it was within walking distance of my hotel. Some waddling 190 lbs fat waitress waited on me in that skimpy outfit, yeah no thanks.

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Scott Roeben, on August 08 2025

A once-popular breastaurant, Hooters, has closed suddenly at the off-Strip Oyo Las Vegas.

This follows a bankruptcy by Hooters of America earlier this year. The company has closed dozens of its locations across the country.

It’s unknown if the shuttering of Hooters at Oyo was sparked by sagging business levels. Because if you thought we were going to do a story about Hooters without a “sagging” reference, you do not know this blog at all.

Prior to the pandemic, Hooters (a license deal, not a lease deal) was a booming business at Oyo, doing 1,200 “covers” (customers) a day and raking in a rumored $10-12 million a year in revenue. That’s rarified air in the restaurant business. Post-COVID, not so much. Revenue dropped by roughly half, we hear.

We raised the red flag back in 2024 when Hooters lost its video poker machines, which we’re pretty sure was our fault.

The outlet shared a tip from an employee saying, “Last night, right at the end of our shift, Hooters told us not to come in tomorrow because they’re closing the store down. It felt so shady and completely disingenuous.”

Businesses close, it’s just reality. You can treat employees with class or you can be shitty about it. Good job sucking, Hooters. Can’t imagine why your company went bankrupt.

This situation has drama written all over it. Oyo officially has no comment.

The biggest red flag signaling the demise of Hooters was when they started using paper straws.

Oyo is facing an interesting challenge with the closure of Hooters, as it takes up a substantial part of the casino’s footprint. The remaining dining options are thin at Oyo.

There’s the perpetually mediocre Steak ‘n Shake, the Splash Cantina and Southside Cafe (grab-and-go snacks). That’s it, other than the Underground, where some snack items are available at the casino’s sports bar.

Oyo’s foot traffic has been slammed by the closure of a pedestrian bridge crossing Las Vegas Boulevard from Excalibur. The bridge dumped visitors outside Tropicana, a handful of whom made their way next door to Oyo.

The Trop site, of course, is closed for construction theater as the A’s continue their long con (the ballpark is $1 billion-plus short of funding).

The Oyo, as they say, is scrod.

Hooters always seemed a tad quaint in Las Vegas. What’s racy in middle America is sort of lame in Las Vegas.

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if that is how they did it, and if they have 100 ees then they will likely be sued and lose under the Warn Act.
good, it's a good law, and fuck them.

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I have not been to the Strip since before the pandemic, I was unaware the Hooters Casino and Hotel had changed their name to Oyo. I ate there a few times over the years and actually stayed at the hotel for a bachelor party many years ago. They had the smallest poker room I had ever played in, it was like three tables. The Hooters however was always packed, great expansive bar. Hard to believe it went under but based on what I read, revenues were down 50% since the pandemic. I think the larger issue is everyone serves chicken wings now and the whole scantily clad women thing is played out. The last Hooters I was in was like 7 years ago, only because it was within walking distance of my hotel. Some waddling 190 lbs fat waitress waited on me in that skimpy outfit, yeah no thanks.

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Scott Roeben, on August 08 2025

A once-popular breastaurant, Hooters, has closed suddenly at the off-Strip Oyo Las Vegas.

This follows a bankruptcy by Hooters of America earlier this year. The company has closed dozens of its locations across the country.

It’s unknown if the shuttering of Hooters at Oyo was sparked by sagging business levels. Because if you thought we were going to do a story about Hooters without a “sagging” reference, you do not know this blog at all.

Prior to the pandemic, Hooters (a license deal, not a lease deal) was a booming business at Oyo, doing 1,200 “covers” (customers) a day and raking in a rumored $10-12 million a year in revenue. That’s rarified air in the restaurant business. Post-COVID, not so much. Revenue dropped by roughly half, we hear.

We raised the red flag back in 2024 when Hooters lost its video poker machines, which we’re pretty sure was our fault.

The outlet shared a tip from an employee saying, “Last night, right at the end of our shift, Hooters told us not to come in tomorrow because they’re closing the store down. It felt so shady and completely disingenuous.”

Businesses close, it’s just reality. You can treat employees with class or you can be shitty about it. Good job sucking, Hooters. Can’t imagine why your company went bankrupt.

This situation has drama written all over it. Oyo officially has no comment.

The biggest red flag signaling the demise of Hooters was when they started using paper straws.

Oyo is facing an interesting challenge with the closure of Hooters, as it takes up a substantial part of the casino’s footprint. The remaining dining options are thin at Oyo.

There’s the perpetually mediocre Steak ‘n Shake, the Splash Cantina and Southside Cafe (grab-and-go snacks). That’s it, other than the Underground, where some snack items are available at the casino’s sports bar.

Oyo’s foot traffic has been slammed by the closure of a pedestrian bridge crossing Las Vegas Boulevard from Excalibur. The bridge dumped visitors outside Tropicana, a handful of whom made their way next door to Oyo.

The Trop site, of course, is closed for construction theater as the A’s continue their long con (the ballpark is $1 billion-plus short of funding).

The Oyo, as they say, is scrod.

Hooters always seemed a tad quaint in Las Vegas. What’s racy in middle America is sort of lame in Las Vegas.

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if that is how they did it, and if they have 100 ees then they will likely be sued and lose under the Warn Act.
good, it's a good law, and fuck them.

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Yeah its pretty awful just to cut off your entire staff with no warning. I mean most waitresses and cooks are pay check to pay check. I mean the right thing to do is to tell them two weeks in advance and give them a $500 retention bonus to stick around to the end. I get the fact there is unemployment insurance, but the reality is most waitresses are not going to take the time to figure that out. Never understood why an employer can get rid of someone on the spot, but somehow its protocol for the employee to give a 2 week notice.